Rev. William Barber

Right-wing groups and media are waging a concerted attack on Rev. William Barber, organizer of this weekend’s “Moral March” in Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina’s politics lurched to the far right after multimillionaire Art Pope poured money into a far-right takeover of the state government.

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and related rulings undermining the nation’s campaign finance laws opened the doors to massive corporate and right-wing spending.